Nose-piece for eyeglasses.



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(Application filed Feb. 15, 1902.)

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HENRY BORSCH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NOSE-PIECE FOR EY EG LAS-SIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,418, dated October 7, 1902.

Application tiled February 15, 1902. Serial No. 94,276. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, HENRY BORSCH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certainv new and useful Improvements in Nose-Pieces for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in nose-pieces for eyeglasses of that class in which the nose-piece on eachY side comprises a rigid part and a supplemental part arranged to move with relation thereto. My invention is designed to provide a nose-piece of this character which will bevery simple and not likely to get out of order and yet be cheap enough to permit of its being used on the cheapest forms of eyeglasses and at the same time provide a nose-piece in which the movable part can freely accommodate itself to certain peculiarities of shape which make it difficult to conform to.

My invention therefore consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more particularly described and then more definitely claimed at the end hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent the preferable form of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a part of a pair of eyeglasses with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the nose-piece detached. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 4 is a top plan view.

Referring now to the details of the drawings bynumerals, l indicates part of a frame of an eyeglass, which may be of any desired construction, and 2 the post thereof, to which the usual bridge 3 and the nose-piece proper, 4, are rmly secured by the usual screw. (Not shown.)

All of the parts so far described may be of the ordinary construction,and therefore need no further description.

The nose-piece I have illustrated consists of the usual securing-arm 6 and the usual rigid guard 7, having the ordinary facing 8 secured thereto. The metal forming the noseguard 7 is continued upward and formed with an offset 9, as shown in Fig. 3, to form -guard l2.

a support for. the supplemental or movable nose-guard. The upper end of this offset portion 9. is formed with stud or pivot 10, which forms a swivel-bearing on which is mounted the frame 11 of the supplemental The frame ll is formed of a shape shown in the drawings and has an ear l2, perforated to lit over the lstud or pivot 10, and the latter is then riveted to hold the ear l2 in position, a washer 13 being first placed in position if it is thought desirable.

From an inspection of my drawings it will be obvious that the supplemental nose-guard l2, is capable of movement on an axis in line with the main nose-guard 7 and is therefore movable to accommodate itself tothe peculiar shapes sometimes found on noses immediatelyover the point at which the rigid noseguard 7 contacts. It will also be observed that the horizontal part of the frame l1 contacts with the offset part 9- and prevents the supplemental nose-guard from being swung so far around as to be out of its proper position.

I aware that it has heretofore been proposed to pivot a nose-guard to an eyeglass-frame, and hence do not claim such broadly, but be` lieve I am the first to invent a duplex nose-- piece of the character hereinafter claimed.

I do not limit my claim to the exact form shown, as I regard a duplex nose-piece having a rigid member and a supplemental member with a swivel Aor universal joint within the scope of my invention.

What I claim as new is- A duplex nose-piece for eyeglasses comprising a nose-guard supported substantially rigid with respect to the eyeglass-frame, and having a stud or pivot extending upwardly therefrom substantially in line with the length of said nose guard, and a supplemental nose-guard swiveled on said upwardlyextending stud or pivot wherebyit will coact with the rigid nose-guard and adapt itself to irregularities, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 10th day of February, 1902.

HENRY BORSCl-I. Witnesses:

PERCY Z. MCDONALD,

FRANK ALDEN. 

